how i got a 2L big law summer internship without going to a T14 | networking, OCI, interviews, etc.

Hello everybody! My name is Sahar and I'm a 2L at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign. In today's video, I'll be walking y'all through exactly how I got a 2L big law summer associate position while attending a non-T14 school!
the website i mentioned: www.nalpdirect...
🌟Where to find me:
Instagram: / saharmithani
Booktube: / @literarysahar
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[@cdim92]

This is so interesting! I’m a 3L, but I’ve always done public interest and will post-grad, too. It’s so different so it was great hearing about your experience. Congrats on the job!

[@legalstudies1397]

thank you! congrats on almost being done with law school!!!🥳

[@kris1346]

This is so so helpful, thank you! I've felt super lost trying to figure out pre-OCI as a first gen so this is just what I needed!

[@legalstudies1397]

this makes me so happy to hear!! good luck with job hunt!!

[@ankitabhurtel6855]

sahar this is so exciting!! im so happy for you and can't wait to see more content, you are an inspiration!

[@isabellearana2581]

agreed 100 percent!!!

[@legalstudies1397]

thank you both so much!

[@dezmartinez4]

Thank you so much for making this ❤️ I’m in my spring semester of my 1L evening division and am so curious about OCI

[@legalstudies1397]

you’re welcome! ☺️

[@no-lz9ei]

Thanks for making this! Considering Illinois Law and a few other schools. Question re: clerking. Are you interested in clerking? How hard is it to get a federal clerkship from Illinois Law?

[@legalstudies1397]

i’m not interested in clerking but i know a ton of people at Illinois who are. unfortunately i don’t know anything about the clerking process but i would assume it’s pretty hard to get a federal clerkship from Illinois just bc the T14 dominates a lot of that market

[@angelacomeaux1953]

thank you for sharing this sahar! i'm also a first gen law student and i find pre-OCIs very frustrating. i know its the growing trend in hiring summer associates but it feels like the deck is stacked against students who don't even know about pre-OCI hiring, or don't have those connections or know that they should be making them ahead of time. but alas, that's the game that we have to play haha. would you mind sharing how you networked during the month you worked in june? did you take time out of your workday to network or was it an evening/weekend thing, based on the alumni's availability? ty!!!

[@legalstudies1397]

i worked part time over the summer (3 days a week) so i would schedule a lot of calls on my days off, but i would also have calls in the evenings or during my lunch breaks. i don’t think i had any calls over the weekend though. i was lucky to have supportive supervising attorneys during my 1L summer so if i ever had a call in the middle of the day, i would just let them know i had to step out for 20 mins and they were totally fine with it!

[@francessummers]

So so helpful!

[@legalstudies1397]

i’m glad!